Arriving a year after Drive-Away Dolls, Honey Don’t! proves that Margaret Qualley has hitched her wagon to the wrong Coen.

She’s not alone in making that mistake, however, as the second solo directorial feature by Ethan Coen also finds Aubrey Plaza, Chris Evans, Charlie Day, and Billy Eichner coming along for the mirthless ride. Co-written, like his previous behind-the-camera outing, with wife Tricia Cooke, the acclaimed filmmaker’s latest is another wan crime comedy with a look-at-me lesbian spin and not an ounce of heat or humor. Heed its title’s advice and just don’t.

When it comes to self-satisfied sapphic showboating, Honey Don’t!, hitting theaters Aug. 22, is in a lowly class by itself.

Coen’s film opens by gazing droolingly at the nude body of Cher (Lera Abova), an enigmatic Fr

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